European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday december 28. 1985 Santa s still writing letters to his friends Santa is still replying to them a letter that he h ii received. If you Hiven t heard from him yet be sure to keep a aching a my i he written to the following Noi Jan nov Atin world Juno her Smi Smi ,i Mitchell by Wong Hunt n a pm apr cures m re Allen Poitry Jimmy Lozano min Duarte Mitchell Martin Lynn Piil attn Oenn i Leicher Choli Osman Lavinia Durham Lai Arm Dur Harr Carlo Rivera Kathy Homer Barbara Toler Jason Wagner Tony Sweeney Olieen Tabin Donny Mervean Mph Scott John mover of mrs Karan Bolh birr Hon Ashley Osman Kelly Osman Evelor. Durham Latisha Durham Tony Rivera Palm Lin in lbs Kathy Tolar Laurs k a Slonak Danny Sweeney Patrick Tabin Dennis i Athrur or Michael Latasha lne Marne he Johnson Michael briny Huber Patrick Kino Peler Post Mark Brownie troop 47 Dawn Pabor Erir big for Melissa Lahra Julia Winder soviets evidently standing firm in Afghanistan Moscow a a television documentary on the afghan War and other references to Afghanistan in the state run Media indicate the Kremlin is holding fast to its support of the afghan government against moslem rebel forces. While Western go rur Nants again insisted that the Kremlin withdraw i s estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan the soviets seemed to be making it Clear they do not intend to leave so Long As other countries continue to bankroll the rebels. Friday marked the sixth anniversary of the soviet Mili tary intervention in Afghanistan and the replacement of its government with one sympathetic to the soviet Union. The television film Afghanistan inc revolution won t be killed and other Media commentaries did not specifically mention the anniversary. But they served As a statement of Kremlin policy possibly in anticipation of Western statements on the anniversary. British foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe and West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher is sued statements thursday repeating Calls for the prompt withdrawal of soviet troops. China s leading newspaper the communist party peo ple s daily also urged the soviet Union to withdraw its troops unconditionally and let the afghan people Settle their own problems without outside interference. Chinese foreign minister we Xueqian speaking in Dhaka Bangladesh on thursday also Ungco the soviet Union to set a timetable for withdrawing its troops. The Kremlin through the state run press has de fended its involvement by accusing the United states and Pakistan of inciting violence in Afghanistan in Hopes of freeing the nation from socialism. It is Well known that in is by no Means the limited soviet contingent introduced in Afghanistan at the re quest of the Ingi tamale government and under the treaty of Friendship Good neighbor ship and cooperation that impedes the normalization of the situation in Afghani Stan the official news Agency Tass said wednesday. The Normal peaceful life of the afghan people. Is obstructed primarily by the United slates and its allies who usurped the right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Sovereign slate and unleashed a bloody undeclared War against the people and the lawful government of the demo two afghan rebels examine the debris of a soviet helicopter shot Down in the pan scr Valley. A Matt uralic Republic of Afghanistan it said the defense ministry daily red Star published an article thursday contending that ideological aggression has been stepped up by what ii called subversive Western radio centers the voice of America bbl Liberty the German wave and free the film televised wednesday night set out a dramatic portrait of the War. It contained footage of maimed and dead women and children whom the narrator soviet to s Kabul Afghanistan correspondent Mikhail Leshchinsky described As victims of the counter revolutionaries the film showed what the narrator claimed were up ?5 " embedded in flashlights and other items left behind by rebels for afghans to pick up. Rebel sources have claimed such devices arc left by the afghan government Side. The film also showed a roomful of men described As american uncles applauding their role in the War. A us ran re Nien at a legis """-.T. $11.8 million in misused . School Aid recovered Washington a the Educa Tion department said thursday that in six months it recovered $11.8 million in mis used school Aid and netted 98 indictments in schemes ranging from theft by Bank and College officials to a marriage ring that paired foreign students with prostitutes. The semiannual report by the depart ment s inspector general James b. Thomas jr., said $10.1 million was collected As the result of audits and s1.7 million was recovered in criminal investigations in the april september period. Moreover Thomas recommended that the department consider pulling Back an additional $23.1 million from certain institutions. For example Thomas said a total of nearly $4.5 million should be disallowed in reinsurance payments to state guarantee agencies in Georgia Tennessee and new Jersey because lenders had failed to make reasonable efforts to collect overdue loan from student borrowers. Thomas s report which did not name individuals or institutions described one Case in Wichita kan., last april in which eight aliens and one . Citizen were indicted on charges of conspiracy and making fake statements after a judge noticed a Surpri ing number of prostitutes were marrying foreign students. An investigation revealed the prostitutes were paid $300 each for Sham marriages designed to qualify alien students for .education assistance. Gas
